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AUTOMATIG SBITTOONHOLDER.

,, No. 286,299. Patented 001;. 9, 1883.

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BENJAMIN n. HASKINS, or MECHANIOSVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T JOHNYOUNG, or SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIC SPITTQON-HOLDER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,299, dated October 9, 1883,

Application filed September 1, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. HASKINS, ofllriechanicsvillefin the county ofSaratoga and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Automatic Spittoon-Holders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying single sheet of drawings, constitutes a specification.

This invention relates to spittoons adapted To for use in churches, public halls, and especially in railway-carriages, and is designed to be generally located beneath the seat and to be manipulated with the foot of the person using it. Its construction and mode of operation are apparent fi'om'the accompanying drawing, which shows my invention as applied beneath the seat of a passenger-coach. The devices constituting the essential parts of my apparatus are mounted upon or attached to aslnall table, B, upon. the top of astaudard,

A, which standard is fastened to the floor of the car beneath the center of the car-seat. Upon table 13 may be mounted apparatus for carrying one or two spittoons, as may be desired. For railway-passengercoach use, two sets are preferable. Table B may be made vertically adjustable in standard A to accommodate it to the varying heights of foot-rails in difi'erent kinds or makes of cars, and in 0 practice I prefer to make them so.

Upon the top of table '13 are two broad flatheaded pivot-studs, C 0, about one or the other of which the spitto on-lever E vibrates. Intermediate between these is erected the post 1),

5 connected with which is an adjustable eye or hook, L, which serves for the attachment of one end of the retractile spring S, the other end of which is attached to pin is at some point out on the lever E. The office of springs is to 0 draw lever E back into place after it has been thrown around for use, and to maintain the spittoon in a central position beneath the carseat when it is notwanted for use.

The general figure of the spittoon-lever is 5 that of a T, and near each end of the outside edge of the cross-head it is recessed, as at R It.

These recesses are fitted to engage and co-operate with pivot-studs O 0. Upon some part of lever E near the cross'head, or upon the same, are attached the two toe-pieces H H,

actuated or manipulated. These may be made adjustable as to their vertical and lateral proj ection, if so desired, or may be made solid with lever E. Lever E is provided at its outer end with a holder or clamp, F, for retaining the spittoon G, which clamp is adapted to slide upon or be otherwise adjustable as to its posi- I tion on lever E. This provision is to meet the requirement of contracted space under narrow seats or otherwise.

T T are the foot-rails, and table B is vertically adjusted in reference to them, so as to bring the toe-pieces H H at such an elevation as will most conveniently accommodate the user, and at the same time permit lever E to be swung freely around over the rails T T.

Two small guards, I? P, or one for each pivotstud O, are provided 'to prevent the lever E from being detached from the stud, about which it is rotating, by reason of any external blow or accident.

This mechanism is operated by the foot of the passenger sitting in the adjacent seat. WVhen two spittoons are mounted on one stand, as 7 5 in railway practice, accommodations are at i'orded for the use of the passenger occupying each end of the seat. In halls and churches the spit-toons would probably be m ounted singly.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The stand A being fixed in position beneath the seat, and the elevation of table B adjusted as desired, spring S by its retractile force draws lever E around so as to bring both recesses R R under pivot-studs (l C, so that they find 8 5 abearing against the same. This brings arm Y of lever Ein a central longitudinal position beneath the seat, or between foot-rails T T. If it is desired to use the spittoon, the passenger, resting his foot on the foot-rail, as shown, presses 9 against toe-piece H with the edge of his foot, as shown in the drawing, and thus causes lever E to rotate around pivot-stud O sufficiently to swing the spittoon around in front of him, between his feet, into a position convenient for use, after which the spring S will return the spittoon to its dormant position under the seat and out of the way. The apparatus is susceptible of the like manipulation by the sitter occupying the seat on the opposite side.

In the drawing I have shown but one set which provide the means whereby the lever is of devices mounted on a table and the table 2 eseeoe broken away; but it'is obvious that two similar sets, or a right and a left hand set, may be mounted on the same table,whicl1 is my design with reference to railway passenger coaches; hence I claim as my inventionl. The described apparatus for automatically operating a spittoon-holder, consisting of astandard and table for supporting the spittoon-holding device, two pivot-studs erected thereon, a T- shaped lever for carrying the spittoon,'the head of such lever having provisions at either end thereof for engaging with and rotating about one of the said pivot-studs, and the outer end of said lever having pr0- visions for holding a spittoon, and armed with the described toe-pieces, in combination with means, substantially as shown, for automatically returning the spittoon to 'its dormant position after use, substantially as described and set forth.

2. An'automatic spittoon-holder for use in railway-carriages, located beneath the seat in a plane at or near the level of the foot-rail, adapted to be operated by the foot resting on the foot-rail, and also to be operated in like manner from either side of the seat, substantially in the manner described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereto sub- 0 scribed my name this 28th day of June, A. D. 1883. BENJAMIN H.. HASKINS. In presence of FRANKLIN ScoTT, WILLIs H. PHILLIPS. 

